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2010–11 Cypriot First Division

The 2010–11 Cypriot First Division was the 72nd season of the Cypriot top-level football league. It began on 27 August 2010 with the first matches of the first round and will end on 11 May 2011 with the last matches of the second round. The defending champions were Omonia. APOEL won the championship four matchweeks before the end of the season.

Marfin Laiki League
Season2010–11
ChampionsAPOEL
21st title
RelegatedAEP
Doxa
APOP Kinyras
Champions LeagueAPOEL
Europa LeagueOmonoia
Anorthosis
AEK
Matches played218
Goals scored569 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorerMiljan Mrdaković (21 goals)
Biggest home winOmonia 6–0 Doxa
Biggest away winApollon 0–5 APOEL
APOP Kinyras 0–5 APOEL
Highest scoringAPOEL 6–2 APOP Kinyras

Competition modus edit

Fourteen teams participate in the competition. Eleven of them have also competed in the 2009–10 season while the remaining three teams were promoted from the Second Division.

Each team plays against every other team twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 26 matches. After these matches, the two teams with the worst records will be relegated to the Second Division. The remaining twelve teams will be divided into three groups of four teams each.

The teams ranked first through fourth will play for the championship and to participate in the European competitions. Teams ranked ninth through 12th will determine the third relegated club, while the remaining four teams will play a placement round. Every team plays twice against its group opponents. Regular season records are carried over without any modifications.

Teams edit

Nea Salamis Famagusta and APEP Pitsilia were relegated at the end of the first stage of the 2009–10 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were joined by Aris Limassol, who finished at the bottom of the second-phase Group C.

The relegated teams were replaced by 2009–10 Second Division champions Alki Larnaca, runners-up AEK Larnaca and third-placed team Olympiakos Nicosia.

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Location of clubs in 2010–11 Cypriot First Division
Club Location Venue Capacity
AEK Larnaca Neo GSZ Stadium 13,032
AEL Limassol Tsirion Stadium 13,331
AEP Paphos Pafiako Stadium 10,000
Alki Larnaca Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium 10,230
Anorthosis Larnaca Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium 10,230
APOEL Nicosia GSP Stadium 22,859
Apollon Limassol Tsirion Stadium 13,331
APOP Kinyras Peyia, Paphos Peyia Municipal Stadium 3,828
Doxa Nicosia Makario Stadium 16,000
Enosis Paralimni Tasos Marcou Stadium 5,800
Ermis Aradippou, Larnaca Ammochostos Stadium 5,500
Ethnikos Achna Achna, Famagusta Dasaki Stadium 7,000
Olympiakos Nicosia GSP Stadium 22,859
Omonia Nicosia GSP Stadium 22,859

Personnel and kits edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Manager1 Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
AEK   Ton Caanen   Kevin Hofland Puma CytaVision
AEL   Pambos Christodoulou   Dušan Kerkez Mass CytaVision
AEP   Giorgos Polyviou   Angelos Efthymiou Legea Ocean Basket
Alki   Itzhak Shum   Siniša Dobrasinović Legea Touch Blue Development
Anorthosis   Stanimir Stoilov   Ioannis Okkas Puma CytaMobile Vodafone
APOEL   Ivan Jovanović   Marinos Satsias Puma MTN
Apollon   Andreas Michaelides   Daniel Quinteros Lotto Columbia
APOP Kinyras   Sofoklis Sofokleous   Alain Liri Puma PrimeTel
Doxa   Nikos Andronikou   Stelios Okkarides Puma Cytanet
Enosis   Nikodimos Papavasiliou   Demos Goumenos Lotto CYTA
Ermis   João Carlos Pereira   Wender Legea CYTA
Ethnikos Achna   Svetozar Šapurić   Christos Poyiatzis Legea CYTA
Olympiakos   Pambos Christodoulou   Nikolas Nicolaou Puma CYTA
Omonia   Neophytos Larkou   Elias Charalambous Adidas CytaMobile Vodafone

Managerial changes edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment Table
Ermis   Dusan Mitošević Sacked 16 August 2010[1] Pre-season   Christos Kassianos 17 August 2010[2] Pre-season
AEL   Dušan Uhrin, Jr. Sacked 21 September 2010[3] 9th   Mihai Stoichiţă 22 September 2010[4] 9th
Omonia   Takis Lemonis Resigned 4 October 2010[5] 4th   Dušan Bajević 13 October 2010[6] 4th
Alki   Marios Constantinou Resigned 19 October 2010[7] 9th   Itzhak Shum 21 October 2010[8] 9th
Apollon   Slobodan Krčmarević Sacked 21 October 2010[9] 14th   Andreas Michaelides 26 October 2010[10] 14th
Ermis   Christos Kassianos Resigned 13 November 2010[11] 11th   Demetris Ioannou 15 November 2010[12] 11th
Anorthosis   Guillermo Ángel Hoyos Sacked 17 November 2010[13] 4th   Slobodan Krčmarević 17 November 2010[13] 4th
APOP Kinyras   Giorgos Polyviou Resigned 1 December 2010[14] 14th   Sofoklis Sofokleous 13 December 2010[15] 13th
AEP   Angel Slavkov Sacked 7 December 2010[16] 14th   Giorgos Polyviou 7 December 2010[16] 14th
Ermis   Demetris Ioannou Resigned 7 December 2010[17] 9th   João Carlos Pereira 9 December 2010[18] 9th
Anorthosis   Slobodan Krčmarević Resigned 18 December 2010[19] 5th   Stanimir Stoilov 27 December 2010[20] 6th
Enosis   Cedomir Janevski Mutual consent 10 January 2011[21] 10th   Nikodimos Papavasiliou 18 January 2011[22] 9th
Doxa   Nikodimos Papavasiliou Resigned 13 January 2011[23] 14th   Nikos Andronikou 21 January 2011[24] 14th
AEL   Mihai Stoichiţă Mutual consent 27 January 2011[25] 7th   Raymond Atteveld 7 February 2011[26] 7th

First round edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 APOEL 26 20 2 4 55 19 +36 62 Qualification for second round, Group A
2 Omonia Nicosia 26 14 8 4 38 16 +22 50
3 Anorthosis Famagusta 26 13 6 7 46 31 +15 45
4 AEK Larnaca 26 12 6 8 36 30 +6 42
5 Apollon Limassol 26 11 5 10 40 37 +3 38 Qualification for second round, Group B
6 Olympiakos Nicosia 26 9 9 8 41 41 0 36[a]
7 Enosis Neon Paralimni 26 10 6 10 26 25 +1 36[a]
8 AEL Limassol 26 8 9 9 28 35 −7 33[b]
9 Ethnikos Achna 26 8 9 9 25 27 −2 33[b] Qualification for second round, Group C
10 Ermis Aradippou 26 7 9 10 31 38 −7 30
11 Alki Larnaca 26 8 5 13 30 40 −10 29
12 AEP Paphos 26 6 8 12 33 37 −4 26
13 Doxa Katokopias (R) 26 5 5 16 25 55 −30 20 Relegation to Cypriot Second Division
14 APOP Kinyras (R) 26 4 7 15 24 47 −23 19
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
Qualified teams for Group A will play for one spot for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League and two spots for the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.
A spot in the third qualifying round of UEFA Europa League will be awarded to the winners of the 2010–11 Cypriot Cup.
Qualified teams for Group C will play for one additional relegation spot.
Points gained in the First Round will be taken over into the Second Round groups.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b OLY 1-1 ENP; ENP 1-3 OLY
  2. ^ a b AEL 2-1 ETH; ETH 0-0 AEL

Results edit

Home \ Away AEK AEL AEP ALK ANO APOE APOL APOP DOX ENP ERM ETH OLY OMO
AEK Larnaca 0–0 2–1 0–2 3–0 1–2 2–2 3–2 2–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–2
AEL Limassol 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–3 2–2 2–3 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 3–2 0–0
AEP Paphos 2–0 2–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 5–0 0–1 3–1 0–1 1–3 1–1
Alki Larnaca 1–2 3–0 2–3 2–3 2–1 2–3 0–0 1–1 0–3 0–1 2–2 0–0 0–4
Anorthosis Famagusta 2–1 4–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–2 3–0 4–1 3–1 4–0 1–1 2–1 0–0
APOEL 1–0 2–0 5–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 6–2 3–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 4–1 3–0
Apollon Limassol 1–2 3–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–5 2–1 4–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0
APOP Kinyras 0–0 3–4 0–1 1–2 3–1 0–5 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–3 1–0 1–3 0–1
Doxa Katokopias 1–4 0–0 2–1 3–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 4–3 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–2 2–3
Enosis Neon Paralimni 0–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–2 1–3 0–1
Ermis Aradippou 1–1 0–0 2–2 3–1 3–0[a] 0–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–0
Ethnikos Achna 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–0 3–2 2–2 1–0 0–1 0–0
Olympiakos Nicosia 2–3 0–2 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–2 3–2 0–2
Omonia Nicosia 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 0–1 6–0 0–0 4–1 1–0 2–2
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The match between Ermis and Anorthosis was awarded to Ermis with a score of 3–0 on 9 February 2011.[citation needed] The original encounter on 29 January 2011 had been suspended with Ermis leading 2–1 after repeated violent conduct of Anorthosis supporters.[27]

Second round edit

Group A edit

Table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 APOEL (C) 32 24 2 6 63 22 +41 74 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Omonia Nicosia 32 18 9 5 45 19 +26 63 Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round[a]
3 Anorthosis Famagusta 32 16 7 9 51 34 +17 55 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
4 AEK Larnaca 32 12 6 14 37 42 −5 42
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Omonia qualified for the third qualifying round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2010–11 Cypriot Cup.

Results edit

Home \ Away AEK ANO APOE OMO
AEK Larnaca 0–1 0–1 1–2
Anorthosis Famagusta 2–0 1–2 0–0
APOEL 3–0 0–1 2–0
Omonia Nicosia 3–0 1–0 1–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B edit

Table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5 Apollon Limassol 32 14 7 11 55 44 +11 49
6 Enosis Neon Paralimni 32 12 8 12 33 34 −1 44
7 AEL Limassol 32 10 11 11 37 45 −8 41[a]
8 Olympiakos Nicosia 32 10 11 11 48 53 −5 41
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ AEL: 9 pts; OLY: 3 pts

Results edit

Home \ Away AEL APOL ENP OLY
AEL Limassol 1–1 1–1 2–1
Apollon Limassol 3–1 3–0 5–1
Enosis Neon Paralimni 2–3 2–1 1–0
Olympiakos Nicosia 2–1 2–2 1–1
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group C edit

Table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
9 Ethnikos Achna 32 10 9 13 29 37 −8 39[a]
10 Alki Larnaca 32 11 6 15 40 48 −8 39
11 Ermis Aradippou 32 9 11 12 38 45 −7 38
12 AEP Paphos (R) 32 8 11 13 44 44 0 35 Relegation to Cypriot Second Division
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ ETH: 7 pts; ALK: 4 pts

Results edit

Home \ Away AEP ALK ERM ETH
AEP Paphos 1–1 1–1 0–1
Alki Larnaca 1–3 1–0 2–3
Ermis Aradippou 3–3 1–2 1–0
Ethnikos Achna 0–3 0–3 0–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics edit

Top scorers edit

Including matches played on 14 May 2011; Source: Cyprus Football Association

Rank Player Club Goals
1   Miljan Mrdaković Apollon 21
2   Michalis Konstantinou Omonia 17
3   João Paulo Olympiakos 16
4   Cafú Anorthosis 13
  Joeano Ermis
6   Ivan Tričkovski APOEL 11
  Esteban Solari APOEL
  Emmanuel Kenmogne Olympiakos
9   Gustavo Manduca APOEL 10
  Freddy AEL
  Moustapha Bangura Apollon

Hat-tricks edit

Player For Against Result Date Ref
  Gregoor van Dijk AEK APOP Kinyras 3–2 16 October 2010 [28]
  Mustapha Bangura Apollon AEL 3–0 30 October 2010 [29]
  Esteban Solari APOEL Olympiakos 4–1 27 November 2010 [30]
  Zé Vítor AEL APOP Kinyras 4–3 28 November 2010 [31]
  Michalis Konstantinou Omonia Apollon 3–1 5 December 2010 [32]
  Emmanuel Kenmogne Olympiakos Ermis 3–2 19 December 2010 [33]
  Gustavo Manduca APOEL APOP Kinyras 6–2 27 February 2011 [34]
  Joeano Ermis Alki 3–1 13 March 2011 [35]

See also edit

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Sources edit

External links edit

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